They have tough terms buy they are a real player in the Baltimore Market and have been doing business there on a significant scale longer than I have.

There is also REAPS as well; those are two of the bigger players, but there are some smaller RE investment types of groups throughout Washington State, just depending on your area.By the way, I'd love to hear about your project in Alki Beach area.

I have been researching and it seems odd that the firms that offer these products are not "big players" or "well known" firms (none that I have heard of at least).  

I did not know any better and I made the huge mistake of trusting the nice & engaging owner with whom we were working with.

I would venture to guess you can find serious players in many major US markets right here on BP if you ask around :). 

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I haven't used it to get my own deals yet but I'm learning a lot on what our big players are focusing on, and the whole process.

And you have plenty of smaller players that sell direct and handle the entire operation as well.So its really a pretty simple concept... virtually every metro area East of the Rockies and south of NYC has turnkey in their market...

Information enlightening my staff on potential red flags usually can be determined in a phone interview with the investor and then discussed prior to engaging in the bid process saving both parties a wasted day.